Complex’s Best Summer Sneakers for Each of the Past 25 Years

Summer vacation’s right around the corner – are you ready to make it one for the ages? Whether its that pop anthem that you blasted on repeat for weeks at a time, or that chick you met during your family vacation, the Summer season offers up the best memories to put in your mental scrapbook for life. Of course, sneakers play a role in that as well, and looking back at the memorable Summer-time sneaker releases of the last quarter-century, it can be argued that some of the best ever released during the middle of the year. You’ve either spent the entire season hunting them down or beating them ’til the soles went bald, but either way, you probably remember “those shoes” during “that Summer”. Complex jotted down a list of the 25 best sneakers for each of the last 25 Summers, so check out some of the highlights below and head to Complex to see what others they’ve noted.